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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1989;32(5):687-694. Published online May 31, 1989.

Two Cases of Quintuplets.

Hwa Il Kwag¹, Kwang Ok Lee¹, Wan Lee¹, Young Youn Choi¹, Tai Ju Hwang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics， Chonnam University, Medical School， Kwangju, Korea

Received: May 13, 1988;  Accepted: November 8, 1988.

Abstract

The incidence of multiple pregnancies is realtively low in humanbeing than in other species. The reported incidence of multiple pregnancies is highest among Blacks and East Indians, followed by North European White, and is lowest among the Mongolian races. Recently, with advent of clomiphen therapy, multple pregnancies are more freqently encountered. Multiple pregnancies are frequently associated with highest rate of maternal morbidities and pregnancy wastages including late abortion and high perinatal mortalities and morbidities. Two cases of quintuplets were experienced in Chonnam National University Hospital in October, 1979. and in January, 1987. The first quintuplets were borm of a 31-year-old woman(parity 2-0-1-2) who had not used ovulation induction drugs. The second were born of a 32-year-old woman (parity 1-0-1-1) who received clomiphene therapy. Two cases of quintuplets that were experienced in authors hospital are briefly presented here with references.

Keywords :Multiple pregnancies